In general, cats in conventional animal shelters are living through a stressful and hazardous time. It is probably the most hazardous and stressful time of their lives (depending on the individual shelter and cat). We don’t have to go over … Continue reading →
Unless he is adopted in the meantime, Rocky, a tabby cat, has four days to live from the date of this post (Nov 20th 2013). He is likely to be euthanized at 6:45pm on 24 Nov. at Hillsborough County Animal Services, … Continue reading →
By Elisa Black-Taylor Does the news media prefer to cover dog stories rather than cat stories? I always thought the media would be unbiased, until many of my rescue friends clued me in that cats get less publicity in times … Continue reading →
Criminal domestic violence most likely plays a big part in the number of pets turned into shelters in South Carolina (SC), where I live. When Michael did the article Domestic Arguments Make Cats Anxious, I knew I had to do … Continue reading →
“It was like the sun had been behind a cloud for years and it came out.” (shelter worker/manager above who changed how they did things) I visited the ASPCA website to see what they were discussing and noticed that they … Continue reading →
Caveat: I know animal rescue saves lives but… I am always shocked that in the USA even the experts have to guess the number of cats and dogs that are “euthanised” each year. The figure is somewhere between 2 and … Continue reading →
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Butters, who I tried to save Mayfield Celva and Queenie Taj and Whiskey New York City animal shelters, also known as NYCACC, are the worst I’ve ever seen. This includes shelters in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten … Continue reading →
